imfen

Old Irish

Etymology

From imm- + Proto-Celtic *winati (“bend, enclose”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- (“to weave, wind”). Cognate with व्ययति (vyáyati), Latin vieō and Russian вить (vitʹ, “to wind, twist, weave”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [imʲˈɸʲen]

Verb

im·fen (verbal noun imbe)

  1. to hedge in, fence in
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 112b17
      a nonda imbide
      and when you sg are hedged in

Conjugation

Complex, class B IV present, a subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative deut. im·fen
prot.
imperfect indicative deut.
prot.
preterite deut.
prot.
perfect deut.
prot.
future deut.
prot.
conditional deut.
prot.
present subjunctive deut.
prot. ·ímcua (with perfective com-) ·ímcuaad (with perfective com-)
past subjunctive deut. imma·feithe (with infixed pronoun a-)
prot.
imperative
verbal noun imbe
past participle imbide, imbithe
verbal of necessity

Mutation

Mutation of im·fen
radical lenition nasalization
im·fen im·ḟen im·fen
pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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